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... Cause . On the one hand , in one of the chapters in the " Principles of Biology , " he takes the instance of human Entozoa to prove that either the system of things is not FIRST CAUSE INSCRUTABLE . 15 specially ordered by a Supreme.
... Cause . On the one hand , in one of the chapters in the " Principles of Biology , " he takes the instance of human Entozoa to prove that either the system of things is not FIRST CAUSE INSCRUTABLE . 15 specially ordered by a Supreme.
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... human in- telligence . " Quoique notre imagination reste néces- sairement circonscrite , en tous genres , dans la seule sphère de nos observations effec- tives , et que , par suite , il nous soit surtout impossible d'imaginer des ...
... human in- telligence . " Quoique notre imagination reste néces- sairement circonscrite , en tous genres , dans la seule sphère de nos observations effec- tives , et que , par suite , il nous soit surtout impossible d'imaginer des ...
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... human mind to compre- hend . We can only predicate of it , with Comte , the phænomena which we are able to investigate . An Eye , considered philosophically , is the connecting machinery between light and a recipient consciousness . As ...
... human mind to compre- hend . We can only predicate of it , with Comte , the phænomena which we are able to investigate . An Eye , considered philosophically , is the connecting machinery between light and a recipient consciousness . As ...
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... human eye has been admitted ever since the eye has been philosophically studied . The only mode of adjustment cer- tainly known in the animal series is by the lens . It follows that Comte's attack is at best relative , and not absolute ...
... human eye has been admitted ever since the eye has been philosophically studied . The only mode of adjustment cer- tainly known in the animal series is by the lens . It follows that Comte's attack is at best relative , and not absolute ...
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... human skill to imitate its minute struc- ture ; and that , considered as a whole and as it is , it suggests in a marked degree the feeling so prevalent among thinking persons of all ages , —a feeling increased by every modern research ...
... human skill to imitate its minute struc- ture ; and that , considered as a whole and as it is , it suggests in a marked degree the feeling so prevalent among thinking persons of all ages , —a feeling increased by every modern research ...
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